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Author:

Nehamas, Alexander, 1946-

Title:

Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art / Alexander Nehamas.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

186 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-167) and index.

Contents:

Plato or Schopenhauer? -- A feature of appearance? -- Modernist voices -- Modernist appropriations -- Criticism and value -- The role of reviewing -- Beauty, love, friendship -- Beauty, attractiveness, evolution -- Art, beauty, desire -- Beauty, community, universality -- Uniformity, style, distinction -- Aesthetics, directness, individuality -- Love and death in Venice -- Manet's Olympia -- Interpretation, breadth, depth -- Interpretation, beauty, goodness -- Beauty, uncertainty, happiness.

ISBN:

0691095213 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691095219 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70251163

LCCN:

2006021360

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)